Niko, Light of Hope
Timestream Navigator
Soulherder

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield (Niko without summoning sickness on the battlefield).
You control a Shard that doesn't have summoning sickness.
You have the city's blessing.
4 each turn available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Niko by paying 2 and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
2
Activate a Shard by paying 2, tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
3
At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Soulherder then triggers, blinking Niko.
4
When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
5
Repeat each turn.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite turns
Lock
Niko, Light of Hope
1.0%inclusion89 decks8.74K decks
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54%synergy
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Utility Artifacts
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Enchantments
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35%synergy
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9%synergy
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3%synergy
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45%synergy
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12%synergy
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8%synergy
Utility Lands
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26%synergy
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17%synergy
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27%synergy
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20%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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5%synergy
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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4%synergy
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1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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-11%synergy
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7%synergy
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
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Mana Artifacts
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12%synergy
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19%synergy
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47%synergy
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48%synergy
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49%synergy
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35%synergy
Mind Stone
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26%synergy
Mox Amber
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6%synergy
Thran Dynamo
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6%synergy
Mana Vault
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4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
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6%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
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5%synergy
Patriar's Seal
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6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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-4%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
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3%synergy
Chrome Mox
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1%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
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1%synergy
Lands
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18%synergy
Adarkar Wastes
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38%synergy
Floodfarm Verge
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48%synergy
Prairie Stream
57%inclusion52 decks92 decks
24%synergy
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23%synergy
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50%inclusion46 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Sea of Clouds
47%inclusion43 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Flooded Strand
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33%synergy
Skycloud Expanse
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Port Town
36%inclusion33 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Deserted Beach
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Gate
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Meticulous Archive
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Azorius Chancery
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Temple of Enlightenment
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Hengegate Pathway
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-9%synergy
Nimbus Maze
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Irrigated Farmland
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Delta
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Tundra
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Marsh Flats
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Windswept Heath
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Seachrome Coast
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Misty Rainforest
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Scalding Tarn
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Arid Mesa
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Fabled Passage
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Prismatic Vista
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Idyllic Beachfront
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-17%synergy